WILSONTIMES.COM NEWS  •  SPORTS  •  LIFE  •  OPINION  •  OBITUARIES  •  PHOTOS  •  VIDEOS  •  CONTACT  •  CLASSIFIEDS  •  SPECIAL SECTIONS

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Seems like old times in the 3-AA final four

The N.C. High School Athletic Association 3-AA final four is set and it's 2010 all over again. Northern Guilford will travel east to face Hunt in the Eastern final while Shelby Crest heads over to Charlotte Catholic in the Western final.

Last season the lower seeds — Northern Guilford and Crest — prevailed and played a memorable state final under the lights in Raleigh's Carter-Finley Stadium. The Nighthawks won 21-20 after Crest's Shine Bowl kicker Trever Austin missed a potential game-tying extra point with seconds to play — the only one Austin missed all season.

In the 2010 semifinals, Mideast fifth-seeded Northern Guilford built a 28-7 halftime lead at East top-seeded Hunt then held on for a 28-20 win while Crest, the West No. 3, blasted Midwest No. 2 Charlotte Catholic 31-10.

Right now it's hard to say how Friday (which will be Black Friday for two teams) is going to turn out but I have to think Catholic and Northern Guilford are the early favorites. The winners will meet in the 3-AA championship game Friday (that's right, Friday), Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in UNC's Kenan Stadium.
VIKING QUEST
On a side note, the 2-A Eastern Plains Conference still has its top two teams alive as Kinston slipped past Bunn 47-46 in overtime in the 2-AA East final Friday night while two-time defending 2-A champion Tarboro eked by Edenton Holmes 28-26 in the 2-A East final. The EPC champion Vikings of Kinston host perennial power Reidsville on Friday while the Vikings of Tarboro visit South Columbus.

3 comments:

  1. Paul:
    Thank your for the vote of confidence, by record this is the best team from Wilson since the days of Carlester Cummpler but you will not get on the band wagon. Please send Tom Ham to the game an you stay home. Because I dont want you to get disappointed.

    Ron Sutton

    ReplyDelete
  2. SINCE THE THIS SUMMER I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THIS HUNT TEAM WAS BOTH BIG AND FAST. BUT THIS MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR ABOUT THIS YEARS SQUAD BESIDES BEING THE WORST 13-0 TEAM IN THE STATE IS THAT THEY ARE A TEAM. NO SUPERSTARS JUST A TEAM THAT PLAYS TOGETHER AND DOES NOT QUIT. THROUGHOUT THE SEASON THEY HAVE PLAYED WELL ENOUGH TO WIN NO MATTER THE LEVEL OF OPPOSITION. THIS TEAM HAS A BAD TASTE IN ITS MOUTH FROM A GAME LAST NOVEMBER PLAYED AT THE HUNT FIELD AGAINST THE NORTH GUILFORD NIGHTHAWKS. AS YOU MAY REMEMBER THE NIGHTHAWKS JUMP OFF TO A 28-7 LEAD IN THE FIRST HALF AND HAD TO HOLD ON FOR DEAR LIFE AT THE END OF THE GAME. IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT HUNT WAS THE STRONGER TEAM AT THE END BUT JUST RAN OUT OF TIME. I BELIEVE THAT THIS FRIDAY NIGHT THE NIGHTHAWKS HAD BETTER BE READY FOR A FIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING TO END. THIS IS HUNTS YEAR TO GO TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND FRIDAY NIGHT THEY WILL CLAIM THAT RIGHT.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Don't want to get disappointed? Won't get on the bandwagon? Of what do you speak, sir?

    ReplyDelete